Bulletin of the American Physical Society

2020 Fall Meeting of the APS Prairie Section

Volume 65, Number 22

Friday–Sunday, November 13–15, 2020; Virtual

Session Index

Session A01: Particle Physics

Chair: Zack Sullivan, Illinois Institute of Technology

Friday, November 13, 2020 8:40AM - 9:00AM		A01.00001: Welcome Zack Sullivan, Christopher Fasano Preview Abstract
Friday, November 13, 2020 9:00AM - 9:30AM		A01.00002: An Update on Anomalies in Reactor Neutrino Physics Invited Speaker: Bryce Littlejohn Preview Abstract
Friday, November 13, 2020 9:30AM - 10:00AM		A01.00003: Highlights from the LHC Physics Center (LPC) at Fermilab Invited Speaker: Sergo Jindariani Preview Abstract
Friday, November 13, 2020 10:00AM - 10:30AM		A01.00004: Particles beyond the Standard Model Invited Speaker: Bogdan Dobrescu Preview Abstract

Session A02: Networking Break I

Friday, November 13, 2020
10:30AM - 10:45AM

A02.00001: Networking Break I

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Session A03: Accelerator Physics

Chair: Yagmur Torun, Illinois Institute of Technology

Friday, November 13, 2020 10:45AM - 11:15AM		A03.00001: Understanding Beam Instabilities in the MW era Invited Speaker: Robert Ainsworth Preview Abstract
Friday, November 13, 2020 11:15AM - 11:45AM		A03.00002: Metamaterial Structures for High-Gradient Wakefield Acceleration Invited Speaker: Xueying Lu Preview Abstract

Session A04: Diversity

Chair: Yagmur Torun, Illinois Institute of Technology

Friday, November 13, 2020
11:45AM - 12:15PM

A04.00001: Diversity
Invited Speaker: Kawtar Hafidi

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Session A05: Lunch Break I

Friday, November 13, 2020
12:15PM - 1:15PM

A05.00001: Lunch Break I

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Session A06: Parallel A

Chair: Yagmur Torun, Illinois Institute of Technology

Friday, November 13, 2020 1:15PM - 1:30PM		A06.00001: Probing the top Yukawa coupling at the LHC via associated production of single top and Higgs Ya-Juan Zheng Preview Abstract
Friday, November 13, 2020 1:30PM - 1:45PM		A06.00002: The CMS Outer Tracker Upgrade for the HL-LHC Maxwell Herrmann Preview Abstract
Friday, November 13, 2020 1:45PM - 2:00PM		A06.00003: Overview of the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR Experiment Tupendra Oli Preview Abstract
Friday, November 13, 2020 2:00PM - 2:15PM		A06.00004: PROSPECT-II Detector Upgrade and Sterile Neutrino Oscillation Sensitivity Manoa Andriamirado Preview Abstract
Friday, November 13, 2020 2:15PM - 2:30PM		A06.00005: Study of the Form Factors of the Decay B→Dlν in the Lattice Regime Daniel Simons Preview Abstract
Friday, November 13, 2020 2:30PM - 2:45PM		A06.00006: Using Euclidean Lattice Field Theory for Efficient Quantum Simulation of a $Z_2$ Gauge Theory Erik Gustafson, Henry Lamm Preview Abstract

Session A07: Networking Break II

Friday, November 13, 2020
2:45PM - 3:15PM

A07.00001: Networking Break II

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Session A08: Parallel B

Chair: Pavel Snopok, Illinois Institute of Technology

Friday, November 13, 2020 3:15PM - 3:30PM		A08.00001: Computational Methods for High-Precision Electron Emission ALISTER Tencate, Bela Erdelyi Preview Abstract
Friday, November 13, 2020 3:30PM - 3:45PM		A08.00002: Characterization of the rotational stability of a source mass for the ARIADNE axion experiment Chloe Lohmeyer, Nancy Aggarwal, Huan Zhang, Zhiyuan Wang, Ali Alzerghani, Nicole Wolff, Andrew Geraci Preview Abstract
Friday, November 13, 2020 3:45PM - 4:00PM		A08.00003: Helping traditionally under-served populations by changing the pedagogy of introductory physics Christopher Fischer, Sarah Rush, Matt Richard, Jennifer Delgado Preview Abstract

Session A09: Poster Session (4:00-5:00pm)

Chair: Zack Sullivan, Illinois Institute of Technology

		A09.00001: Cryogenic electronics control and characterization for dark matter detection Jialin Yu, Rakshya Khatiwada, Mohamed Hassan Preview Abstract
		A09.00002: Record Gradients of 50 MV/m in TESLA SRF Cavities via Modified Low T Bake. Daniel Bafia, Anna Grassellino, Alexander Romanenko, Zuhawn Sung, John Zasadzinski Preview Abstract
		A09.00003: Field emission mitigation studies in 1.3GHz LCLS-II cavities via \textit{in situ} plasma processing Bianca Giaccone, Martina Martinello, Paolo Berrutti, Oleksandr Melnychuk, Anna Grassellino, Dmitri Sergatskov, Dan Gonnella, Marc Ross, Marc Doleans, John Zasadzinski Preview Abstract
		A09.00004: Using Gaussian Process Regression to Integrate the Transition Structure Factor Curve for the Many-Body Correlation Energy Laura Weiler, Tina Mihm, James Shepherd Preview Abstract
		A09.00005: Block Co-Polymer Nanopatterning For Emerging Technologies Involving Undergraduate Students at Illinois State University Marcos Perez, Mahua Biswas Preview Abstract
		A09.00006: Theoretical Phase Stability of Silicon Nanomembranes Under Pressure Joel Ambriz Ponce, William Parker Preview Abstract
		A09.00007: Density Functional Perturbation Theory Parameter Convergence for Phonons Ryan Glusic, William Parker Preview Abstract
		A09.00008: Optical band gap of bismuth vanadium borate glasses Mazharul Islam Mondal, P.K. Babu, Saisudha Mallur Preview Abstract
		A09.00009: Using cold atoms to sympathetically cool a levitated nanosphere Eduardo Alejandro, Cris Montoya, William Eom, Apryl Witherspoon, Andrew Geraci Preview Abstract
		A09.00010: Detecting high-frequency gravitational waves with optically-levitated sensors. Zhiyuan Wang, George Winstone, Nancy Aggarwal, Mae Teo, Masha Baryakhtar, Shane Larson, Vicky Kalogera, Andrew Geraci Preview Abstract
		A09.00011: NuMI Beam Monitoring Simulation and Data Analysis Yiding Yu, Pavel Snopok, Katsuya Yonehara, Athula Wickremasinghe, Amit Bashyal, Nilay Nilay Bostan, Tom Tom Carroll Preview Abstract
		A09.00012: Probing Nucleon Structure in Drell-Yan and J/Psi production at COMPASS April Townsend Preview Abstract
		A09.00013: Thermal Fluctuations in Nuclear Pasta Cal Forsman, Matt Caplan, Andre Schneider Preview Abstract
		A09.00014: Benefits of MeV-scale reconstruction capabilities in large liquid argon time projection chambers Whitmaur Castiglioni, Will Foreman, Bryce Littlejohn, Matthew Malaker, Ivan Lepetic, Andrew Mastbaum Preview Abstract
		A09.00015: Construction of Anode Plane Assembly Detectors for the DUNE Far Detector Maxwell Herrmann, James Thompson, Cole Dorman Preview Abstract
		A09.00016: Effects of Supernovae Cosmic Rays on the Earth's Atmosphere Alexander Yelland Preview Abstract

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Bulletin of the American Physical Society

2020 Fall Meeting of the APS Prairie Section

Volume 65, Number 22

Friday–Sunday, November 13–15, 2020; Virtual

Session Index

Session A01: Particle Physics

Session A02: Networking Break I

Session A03: Accelerator Physics

Session A04: Diversity

Session A05: Lunch Break I

Session A06: Parallel A

Session A07: Networking Break II

Session A08: Parallel B

Session A09: Poster Session (4:00-5:00pm)

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